Library of Congress authority ID (LCCN of an authority record)
ID lcnaf_id
DatatypeNot PIIidentifierDraft
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Identifier of a name, subject or genre authority record of the Library of Congress: a prefix such as n, nb, nr, no or sh, then the year and a serial number. It is used in library catalogues and in id.loc.gov.
- Parent datatype
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN)
lccn - Categories
- Publishing and print, Objects identifiers
- Countries
- United States
- Languages
- Common to most languages
- Wikidata
- P244
- Quality
- 80/100 · missing: negative example, translation, detector coverage
- Metacrafter rules
- no detection rule yet
- Supported by tools
- no tool record lists this type yet
Regular expression
^(cf|ct|gf|n|nb|nr|no|ns|sh|sj)([4-9][0-9]|00|01|20[0-2][0-9])[0-9]{6}$Python re syntax.
Examples
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| sh2020006558 | astronomical survey |
| n81092084 | Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals |
| n84023326 | Baranagar |
Sources
- wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress_Name_Authority_File
- doc: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names.html
- wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P244
Use this record
- Page URL:
http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/lcnaf_id - JSON: API v1 · legacy shape (used by metacrafter) · Markdown (for LLMs)
- Improve it: edit
data/datatypes/US/publishing/lcnaf_id.yamlon GitHub